Wringer



Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

ALPHEUS W. ALTOBFER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

WRIN GER.

Application filed my 27, 1925.

This invention relates to wringers.

The invention has special reference to roller tensioning and releasingmechanism for wringers but includes structures and structuralrelationing with respect to a wringer frame.

The invention includes a main wrin or frame and a head section with therelative association and separate support of a wringer roll member ineach respectively.

The invention still further includes an in terlocking means between themain and head sections of the wringer effective through the act ofinterlockaction to accomplish compressive relation between the rollermembers and capable of release by simple, manual stroke to relieverelative roller tension and to facilitate, if desired, entiredisengagement and separation of the head member and its supported rollfrom the main frame.

The invention yet further includes tension means in association with thehead member of the frame in such multiple assembly as may serve tofacilitate the use of spring members having a large degree offlexibility and incidentally, through such multiplicity, to reduce tothe minimum the vertical height of housing members for such springmembers.

The invention also includes a support for a wringer roll in conjunctionwith the head member in a relationship to permit the support to swinglongitudinally in relation to the head member.

The invention also comprises parts, assembly of parts, and generalcombination of parts essential to carrying out the functional utilitieshereinbefore specified.

Referring to the -drawings.-

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete wringer assembly showing themain frame and head member in interlocked relationshi Fig. 2 issimilarly a side elevation, showing the main frame and head member indetached relationship;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view-longitudinally of the wringer;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3, assuming thecomplete as semblage as shown in Figure 1; 4

Fig. 5 is a right hand end view of the upper portion of the wringer,showing the i main frame and the head memberin detached relationship;

Fig. 6 is similarly a right hand. end vlew Serial No. 33,176.

of the wringer showing the main and head members in lnterlockedrelationship; and

F 1g. 7 shows 1n plan a portion of the wringer with the head memberremoved.

14. 15 is a web, connecting end members 11 and 12. A similar section tothat above described at least so far as the end members are concerned asshown in the drawings, is provided and joined to the aforementionedsection to make up the main frame structure.

16 is a head section adapted to effect detachable closure with regard tothe upper portion of the main frame.

17 is a roller member. 18 are block members seated in the main frame,serving for support and removable journal seating for roller shaft 17,said blocks being appropriately fashioned for support in conjunctionwith channel ways 13 of the framing.

I 19 is a roller member. 20 are block members for support and journalseating of the roller shaft of roll 19, said blocks being fashioned forseating and adjustment relation with channelways 13 of the frame.

A support for block members 20 from head member 16 is provided,comprising cross seating members, 21 and yoke members 22, embracing saidblocks and attached to cross seating members 21, laterally extendingportions of members 21 being vertically perforated for co-operation withportions of yoke members22. 23 is a supporting member for the blocks,comprising a bar member fashioned in inverted U form, the upper portionthereof beingsupported in journal members 24 of head member 16, therebyfacilitating a swinging motion of the block support with relation to thehead member. Depending portions of the support 23 extend through and thehead section), the rollers will be yieldingly urged together. Thischaracter of organization, including four light springs, willaccommodate a comparatively wide range of roll separation and anattendant resilient resistance of graduated degree within minimum andmaximum limits of comparative close range, as compared with thegraduated resistance thatis offered by the single coil springs that havecommonly been used in pairs, or with the resistance that is offered bythe heavy bar springs that are similarly in common use.

' Referring to the interlocking means with respect to the main frame andhead member, 27 is a shaft journaled in the head member and 28 is astriking arm fixed thereto. 29 are reach members integrally or otherwiseconnected with the end portions of the main frame and are fashioned nearthe upper ends thereof with arcuately formed locking seats 30 adapted toco-operate with the locking member associated with the head memher. Thelocking member for the head may be formed as herein shown, inconjunction with shaft 27, wherein said shaft adjacent its opposed endsis cut away as at 31 approximately across its a'Xial center, butfashioned adjacent its periphery at one side slightly arcuate as at 32.A proper relative positioning of shaft member 27 with respect to reachmembers 29 will enable head member 16 to be closed with respect to themain frame and in such position the curved portion of the cut awaysection of shaft 27 will be seated in the arcuate space in said reachmembers, and in such position the striking arm 28 will be disposed inthe vertical position shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 6.

To effect the interlock, as above indicated, it is only necessary tomove the striking arm 28 from a position within which it may be disposedat an angle approximating degrees from the vertical, which will enablethe head member to be passed to closed position in relation to the mainframe, and in the movement of said striking arm, contact point 32 ofthe' locking portion of shaft 27 will gradually act through resistanceof reach members 29 to draw the head member downwardly until the seatedposition shown in Fig. 6 will have been attained, and in which position,peripheral face contact of the locking portion of shaft 27 will beseated within the arcuate portion of said reach members, and thereby aneffective interlock will be maintained.

Lug members 33, depending from the lower margin of the flanged portionof the head member, are provided to prevent lateral movement of saidhead which, if not prevented, would result from engagement of the shaftinterlock member with the arcuate faces of the seat portions in reachmembers 29.

A release from such interlock may be effected merely by striking arm 28,thereby turning the shaft 27 until relief from engagement is attainedwith respect to the locking portion of said shaft, and the lockingportion of the reach members, at which time the head member will springupwardly under the tension of spring members 25 I with an attendantrelief of tension as re spects the roller member, and also rendering thehead member and attached roll capable of total disconnection from themain frame by simple vertical lift.

In carrying out the purposes of the invention herein, it will beunderstood that sufiicient clearance is provided with respect to thesupport of the upper wringer roll in conjunction with the Channelwavs orthe frame or in connection with the journalling of said roll that willcompensate for variable angular relation with respect to the cooperatingroll members that attends the usual wringer action.

It is to be noted that the roller supports 32 are pivoted to the headmember, rather than fixedly secured thereto, the purpose being to permitthem to be moved thru such angles as are necessary to bring them intoalinement with guide channels 23, also to cause the journalsautomatically to aline with the shaft of roller 19. This arrangementmakes accurate machining of the parts unnecessary since the supports maybe readily moved to proper alinement.

What I claim is:

1. In a. wringer, a main frame, the end members thereof being providedwith channelways for supporting members of the wringer rolls, a wringerroll supported by the main frame, a detachable head member, a rollermember supported by the head member, resilient means interposed betweensaid last named roller member and the head member, releasableinterlocking means including locking members on the main frame havingarcuately fashioned portions and a shaft member supported in the headmember provided with cut-away portions transversely thereof forcooperation with the arcuate portions of the locking members on theframe, whereby optional release or interlock may be effected between theframe and head member and coordinately effect release of pressure on therolls or effect pressure on the rolls.

2. In a wringer, in combination, a main frame, a roller supportedthereby, a head member bodily and wholly separable from support on themain frame by simple .vertical lift, a roller resiliently supported bythe head member, and means for releasably conroll supported therein, ahead member, a second roller, a support for said roller carried by thehead member, said support including journal blocks, relativelyadjustable members connected respectively with the blocks and the headmembers, plural sets of light compression coil springs at opposed endsof the Wringer frame between the journal blocks and the head member,whereby pressure may be applied to the roller member, and releasableinterlocking members respectively on the main frame and the head memberto apply pressure to the roller members simultaneously with the lockingof the head member to the frame.

4. In a wringer, a main frame, a roller member therein, a head member,roller supports swingably connected to the head member, a roller on theswingable supports, resiliently active means interposed between the headmember and the roller member supported therefrom, and releasableinterlocking means between the main frame and the head member, includingmembers supported respectively on the frame and head member adapted toapply pressure between the roller members simultaneously with thelocking of the head member to the frame.

5. In a wringer, in combination, a main frame, a guide-way therein forreceiving the supports of an upper roll member, a roll in the mainframe, a head member seatable upon the mainframe and entirely separablefrom the main frame by vertical lift, roll supports on the head member,a roll adjustably held in the supports. resilient means interposedbetween the roll and said head member, and means for rel-ea'sablyinterlocking the frame and the head member.

6. In a wringer. in combination, a main frame, a roll therein, a secondframe bodily removable from the first frame. a pair of spaced rollsupports pivoted to the second frame to permit the supports to swing, aroll mounted in the supports, and means for releasably interlocking theframes.

7. In a wringen'in combination, a main frame, a roller supportedtherein, a head member, a second roller, a support for the second rollercarried by the head member, comprising a yoke member, a U-bar, itsconnecting portion being secured to the head member and its arms beingslidable in the yoke member, coil springs embracing the arms of theU-bar and bearing against the yoke member. and means for releasablyconnecting the head member to the frame and simultaneously effectingpressure on the rolls.

8. In a wringer, in combination, a main frame, a roller supportedtherein, a wholly detachable head member. a second roller supported fromthe head member, spring members interposed between the head mem-' herand said second roller, and means for releasably interlocking the headmember and the frame and simultaneously compressing the spring membersto effect pressure on the rolls.

9. A wringer mechanism comprising a main support, a roll therein, asecond support wholly detachable and removable from the main support,a-vroll depending therefrom and resiliently supported therefrom andinsertable in the main support for contact with the roll therein, andmeans for drawing the supports together for releasably interlocking thesupports and simultaneously applying pressure to the rolls.

10. In a wringer, a main frame, a roller journaled therein, a secondframe adapted to cooperate with the main frame,'supporting memberscarried by said second frame, journals carried by said supportingmembers and movable relative thereto. a second roller mounted in saidjournals and springs urging said journals away from said second frame,and means for releasably locking the second frame in position on themain frame.

11. In a wringer, a main frame, a roller journaled in said frame, asecond frame, a second roller yieldingly carried by the second frame.and interlocking means for securing said frames and said rollers incooperative relation, said interlocking means being releasable to permitcomplete disengagement of the two frames.

12. In a wring-er, a main frame having channel ways therein. a rollerjournaled in said frame, a second frame, roller-supporting membersprojecting from and pivotally mounted in said second frame and insertable into said channel wavs. a second roller carried by said members.and means for releasably securing said frames together in cooperativerelation.

13. 'In a wringer, a main frame. a roller journaled therein,a secondframe, a second roller yieldingly carried by the second frame. saidframes being entirely disengageable, and means carried by the secondframe for forcing said frames into contacting position and for applyingthe pressure to said rollers, said means releasablv locking the framesin such position.

14. In a wringer, a main frame having channel ways therein, a rollerjournaled in said frame. a second frame, a. pair of rollersupportingmembers projecting from and pivotallv mounted in said second frame andinsertable into said channel ways, a second roller yieldingly carried bysaid members, and means carried by the second frame for forcing saidframes into contacting position. and for applying pressure to saidrollers. said means releasably locking the frames in such position.

Signed at Peoria, Illinois, this 23rd day of May, 1925.

ALPHEUS W. ALTOitFER.

